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Hey all, Have to sell all my brewing gear - don't ask.... It will be sold in entirity, do not request I sell individual items as you my be offended when I say no. I have for sale the following: 3 x Fermenters 1 x 50ltr Esky Mash Tun (Copper Manifold) Thermometre Lge Boiling Pot for strike...

Hi guys, Yet another bulk priming question..... I have been using the 'Essential Guide for Bulk Priming' and for ales, it recommends a priming rate above 6gms per ltr for ales(Pale, American, Browns Etc). I am finding this too high, so thought I'd ask you legends what you run with? To be...

Hey legends, Wanna call on your wealth of experience out there on some recommendations on bottled yeast I can cultivate. Have done the main culprits already being Coopers, White Rabbit and Mountain Goat, but really want to build up the yeast bank with other varieties for possible future uses...

Hey guys, Only really new to the AG process, now 6 brews down and loving it. My question is around the set up of my gas burner for my 50ltr Kettle and trying to get a better flame. I am using a 2 ring burner, so not the most optimal, but with my bottle and standard gas regulator, I am only...

Hi all, I have a massive supply of bottles I am wanting to clear out, 90% of which are all sparkling clean and ready to use. They just need to be sterilised and away you go. They are mainly Crown Seal, yes crown seal. There are CUB, Pick Axe, NSW Bottle Co and Coopers tallies to give you...

Hey folks, Sadly, for health reasons I have to give up my two biggest passions - Drinking and Brewing. So, this means I have quite a bit of gear to get rid of. I am selling the following items (post me if you are interested in any of the following): Crown Seal Tallies - Have well over 200...

Hi to all you AG Brewers, I am starting this blog with a confirmation that I have never done an AG previously, but am wanting to make the move away from K&K/Partials. So, please go easy on me.... I will be arranging to catch up with Tony to grab a lesson in this art form of Home Brewing in...

Greetings all, Has anyone got a spare Co2 Regultaor they would like to off load? I have seen plenty obviosuly on EBay, but I was hoping someone might be able to negotiate a good deal for me as a fella wanting to get onto the kegging game. Can anyone help at all? Cheers, Spiderpig

Greetings all, Not sure if I am passin on old news to everyone, but Ezybrew have released a James Squire Amber Ale Clone Kit that is supposed to be bang on the mark (around the $31 mark). I spoke to the man behind the product at ESB yesterday (G'day Richard) and he reckons it's a pretty good...

Hi Guys, For the record, are there any differences in the Co2 used in Fire Extinguishers to that needed for Kegging? I am trying to find an alternate source of Co2 to renting through BOC etc. Can a fire extinguisher recharge place refill my Co2 bottle for Home Brew purposes? They have said...

Hi all, A mate of mine is about to start kegging and has everything bar the CO2 bottle. He can pick up for $150 a 1kg size bottle which'll be his to own. As it empties, it operates under a swap and go and refills effeectively will cost $8 at the LHBS. If he is only running 2 x 19ltr kegs, how...

Greetings all, Tried a beer through a friend of a friend on the the weekend which was divine. When I asked him what the kits was he was using he said it was a fresh wort kit, something called 5 grain or 5 malt? He was pretty vague and not 100%, so I thought posting here to see if anyone...

Greetings all, Just about at the end of my lagering of a Morgans Cervaza and have a question to throw out there.. It's been cold lagering at 2 degrees celcius for a month and a half, my choice of yeast was 2 sachets of Fermentis Saflager S-23. I am wanting to bottle this very soon and am not...

Greetings all, A mate of mine and I have been brewing since the start of the year, so still really new at this. Together though we have made a few brews, all k&K but I have got into experimenting with Hops and Grain of late and loving it. Hoping to take this further of course. My mate is...

Greetings all, After attempting quite early in my very short brewing career a Lager that didn't quite work out, I am for the while keeping things simple using Ale yeasts - mainly the US-05. My question to anyone is, can these ale yeast brews I am making be cold conditioned in a similar...

Hi guys, If I need to increase the yeast starter for my next brew and am only using dried yeasts, do I do this by doubling the amount of yeast I use? I am going to lager my next brew and will be using SAFLAGER w34 yeast, so should i purchase 2 satchets to accomplish this? Sorry guys, very...

Greetings all, I am wanting to give this Lagering process another shot, I plan on using a Saflager W34 yeast for my next concentrate. Can I please get some advice from anyone on the following: I plan on fermenting the wort through it's primary fermentation at 10 celcius as my brother in...

Greetings all. Adventurous I know, but as VERY new person to brewing, I decided to take on a brew requiring the wort to be 'Lagered' through it's first fermentation. I was brewing the Morgans QLD Gold and added BE#2 with some Cascade Finishing Hops and used a Saflager w34 yeast. I had the...

Hi all, Now go easy on me here. New to this brewing thing and we all have differing tastes in beers so I know this one ain't gonna be everyone's cup of tea. ;) I am just using the old can concentrates to make my beer purchased from my local Home Brew Store in Charlestown Newcastle. I am...